"Together with the Works of Mercy, feeding, clothing and sheltering our brothers, we must indoctrinate." ~ Dorothy Day
Upton Sinclair's novel, The Jungle, inspired Day to take long walks in poor neighborhoods in Chicago's South Side. It was the start of a life-long attraction to areas many people avoid.
Day had a gift for finding beauty in the midst of urban desolation. Drab streets were transformed by pungent odors: geranium and tomato plants, garlic, olive oil, roasting coffee, bread and rolls in bakery ovens. "Here," she said, "was enough beauty to satisfy me."
"Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them."
A quote from 'The Jungle' By Upton Sinclair ~"They are trying to save their souls-and who but a fool could fail to see that all that is the matter with their souls is that they has not been able to get a decent existence for their bodies?" Chapter 23, pg. 273
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